Thomas Aquinas on bodily identity / Antonia Fitzpatrick.
By: Fitzpatrick, Antonia [author.]
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: x, 203 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198790853; 0198790856Subject(s): Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 | Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 | Human body (Philosophy) | Human body (Philosophy)DDC classification: 128/.6 LOC classification: B765.T54 | F53 2017Summary: This is a study of the union of matter and the soul in the human being in the thought of the Dominican Thomas Aquinas. At first glance this issue might appear arcane, but it was at the centre of polemic with heresy in the thirteenth century and at the centre of the development of medieval thought more broadly. The book argues that theological issues, especially the need for an identical body to be resurrected at the end of time, but also considerations about Christ's crucifixion and saints' relics, were central to Aquinas's account of how human beings are constituted. The book explores in particular how theological questions and concerns shaped Aquinas's thought on individuality and personal and bodily identity over time, his embryology and understanding of heredity, his work on nutrition and bodily growth, and his fundamental conception of matter itself. It demonstrates, up-close, how Aquinas used his peripatetic sources, Aristotle and (especially) Averroes, to frame and further his own thinking in these areas.Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
This is a study of the union of matter and the soul in the human being in the thought of the Dominican Thomas Aquinas. At first glance this issue might appear arcane, but it was at the centre of polemic with heresy in the thirteenth century and at the centre of the development of medieval thought more broadly. The book argues that theological issues, especially the need for an identical body to be resurrected at the end of time, but also considerations about Christ's crucifixion and saints' relics, were central to Aquinas's account of how human beings are constituted. The book explores in particular how theological questions and concerns shaped Aquinas's thought on individuality and personal and bodily identity over time, his embryology and understanding of heredity, his work on nutrition and bodily growth, and his fundamental conception of matter itself. It demonstrates, up-close, how Aquinas used his peripatetic sources, Aristotle and (especially) Averroes, to frame and further his own thinking in these areas.
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